Sean Wells, MD
Diagnostic Radiology · Edgewood, KYNPI 1427030865
Payments from drug & device makers
What this record shows
This record is dominated by food and beverage: $2,688 of the $4,184 with a category attached, or 64.2%. Medtronic accounts for 73.8% of it on its own, with 7 other manufacturers making up the rest. Reporting peaked in 2019 at $2,035 and has fallen 65.8% since, to $697 in 2025. Among diagnostic radiology clinicians in KY with any reported payments, this total sits in the top 5% — high for the specialty, which is a reason to read the composition above rather than the number alone.
Across 37 payments — averaging $113.08 each. Meals, travel, consulting and speaking fees, gifts and royalties reported by drug and device makers.
- Medtronic$3K
- Stryker$693
- Nevro Corp.$203
- Relievant Medsystems, Inc.$93
- Globus Medical$61
- Cardiovascular Systems Inc.$17
- plus $29 from 2 others
What the payments were for
- Travel & lodging$1,49636%
- Food & beverage$2,68864%
Most of this is food and beverage — typically meals provided during product presentations at a clinic or hospital. Nationally that is the single largest category of reported payments by count.
General payments by program year
Who reported the general payments
Companies are grouped under their corporate parent — a single manufacturer often files under several CMS reporting entities. Research and ownership payments are counted separately and are not in this table.
| Company | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Medtronic(2 entities) | 21 | $3,088 |
| Stryker | 6 | $693 |
| Nevro Corp. | 4 | $203 |
| Relievant Medsystems, Inc. | 1 | $93 |
| Globus Medical | 2 | $61 |
| Cardiovascular Systems Inc. | 1 | $17 |
| Boehringer Ingelheim | 1 | $15 |
| Tactile Systems Technology Inc | 1 | $14 |
What the payments were tied to
Products named in the reported payments. Only payments of $100 or more are attributed here — the typical reported payment nationally is a meal worth about $16, and listing those product-by-product would be noise.
- OSTEOCOOL RF ABLATION$1,599
- KYPHON EXPRESS II KYPHOPAK TRAY$1,079
- SPINEJACK$174
- AUTOPLEX$164
- KYPHON Balloon Kyphoplasty$161
- Senza$148
How this compares
$4,184 in reported general payments places this provider in the 95th percentile of 375 diagnostic radiology providers in Kentucky.
Medicare billing
What this is not: this is the amount Original Medicare Part B allowed for services this provider billed in 2024. It is not their income. It excludes Medicare Advantage — now more than half of all Medicare enrollment — along with Medicaid and all commercial insurance, and it is gross practice revenue before staff, rent, supplies and malpractice premiums. CMS also suppresses any figure covering ten or fewer patients, so low-volume providers appear smaller than they are.
Other diagnostic radiology in Edgewood
- Attef MikhailEdgewood$29K
- van YoungEdgewood$6K
- Gary SchmittEdgewood$1K
- James RoebkerEdgewood$1K
- Bradley MillerEdgewood$991
- Kirk DoergerEdgewood$845
- Jackie SweeneyEdgewood$728
- Robert SteinbockLouisville$74K
- Kevin CroceCorbin$42K
- Bartosz RydzewskiLouisville$22K
Where these figures come from
- Payments: CMS Open Payments, program years 2019–2025 (publication P06302026_06032026).
- Billing: Medicare Physician & Other Practitioners, data year 2024. Original Medicare Part B only.
- Identity: NPPES NPI Registry, July 2026.